Phantom of the Opera (1925) Never in 3D - Blu-ray Forum

UFAlien · 07-18-2011, 03:37 AM

Oh dear. Forget Clash of the Titans or The Last Airbender. It would appear the worst 3D post-conversion is coming out this September... and it's a conversion of a film from 1925!

Lon Chaney's classic Phantom of the Opera is being released on DVD by Terror Inc. The DVD, entitled the Angel of Music Edition, will be available online only, and includes a dubbed soundtrack with the intention of making the movie more akin to a "talkie". It will also include a 3D conversion of the film in anaglyph format.

There's no word on who did the conversion, but it clearly wasn't a professional job... take a look at the advance screenshots here.

It would appear that instead of rotoscoping or even using a depth map, whoever was in charge of the conversion merely selected and moved huge portions of the frame to the left or right with no regard for realistic depth. This is especially evident in the third shot - all the women on the right of the frame are placed on a single pane of depth, along with a large rectangular section of the background immediately surrounding them! These are apparently real screenshots from the DVD and not work-in-progress images... what a way to butcher a classic.

07-18-2011, 03:37 AM	#1
UFAlien Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:475 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:29	Phantom of the Opera (1925) Never in 3D Oh dear. Forget Clash of the Titans or The Last Airbender. It would appear the worst 3D post-conversion is coming out this September... and it's a conversion of a film from 1925! Lon Chaney's classic Phantom of the Opera is being released on DVD by Terror Inc. The DVD, entitled the Angel of Music Edition, will be available online only, and includes a dubbed soundtrack with the intention of making the movie more akin to a "talkie". It will also include a 3D conversion of the film in anaglyph format. There's no word on who did the conversion, but it clearly wasn't a professional job... take a look at the advance screenshots here. It would appear that instead of rotoscoping or even using a depth map, whoever was in charge of the conversion merely selected and moved huge portions of the frame to the left or right with no regard for realistic depth. This is especially evident in the third shot - all the women on the right of the frame are placed on a single pane of depth, along with a large rectangular section of the background immediately surrounding them! These are apparently real screenshots from the DVD and not work-in-progress images... what a way to butcher a classic.

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